"Gun control defined: The theory that people who are willing to ignore
laws against rape, torture, kidnapping, theft, and murder will obey a
law which prohibits them from owning a firearm."

– Unknown

“…gun control is always a scheme of the powerful to deprive the powerless of the right to self-defense.”

–Ann Coulter

"When life's problems seem overwhelming,
look around and see what
other people
are coping with. You may
consider
yourself fortunate."

- Ann Landers

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is
to be continually fearing you will make one."

- Elbert Hubbard

“There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.”

― Robert A. Heinlein

"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms…disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. "

I mentioned that I was doing the tourist thing with my friend Tom, my old college buddy.

He brings his family to visit every year for a vacation. We usually hit DC and check out a couple more museums.

This time we went to the American Indian Museum.

Much to my surprise, right in the very first display case we encounter, we find a bunch of UZIs and other modern firearms.

I took this pic with my cell phone. Frankly I am still kinda scratching my head over the whole thing. Make me wonder about all the great stuff still in the museum attic collecting dust so they could display these.

"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe."

--Dianne Feinstein

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment."

--Michael Badnarik

If we're going to change the laws, let's change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens.

--John Dingell

The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the Constitution. I think it's just as important as any of the other rights in our constitution.

--Marco Rubio

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

At the range yesterday there was a woman there in the next lane who was there shooting for the first time with her boyfriend. They were shooting a poket sized .38 hammerless revolver and she was shooting it with her thumb crossing over the top.

Everyone was chatting with her as she was excited about being there, giving her advice on stance and hold.

The range commander, a grumpy old guy, told her to hold it like this. I mentioned to her that it is a good habit to have both thumbs pointing in the same direction along the side. It will serve her well to always do it like that so she isn't injured if she ever picks up a semi-automatic handgun with a slide that will bite her.

The old guy took umbrage to this advice. "I've taught hundreds of people to shoot using this grip!"

I did what I could. Let her learn her own lessons, like I did.

When I first learned to shoot I can remember my Scout master Having me hold it like this to "protect my thumb from the blast out the edges of the cylinder.

The NRA convention was last week and the media is all over it and not in a good way.

They are going after Ted Nugent, Covering the few protesters and not the 70,000 peaceful attendees.

A perfect example of the media outlet agendas is how NBC is going after Remington with a detailed "news" story that has at it's center a supposed accidental, unattended, discharge of a Remington 870 because it fell over while leaning on a truck.

I have no idea how many Remington 870s are out there. But if there was an issue there would be a long history of it. In stead one case, a guy was stupid and trying to cover it up and NBC runs with it without all the facts.

Go watch the vids for the details. Bad reporting. Classic case of deciding the story then applying facts that fit.

Had a great time camping this weekend.
I completely avoided being productive in any way this weekend. I really needed that. Tonight I will need to get back on the stick and clean the shop. I still have not cleaned my guns or put anything away from my last range run.
I am having guests this week. A pal from college stopping in for a six day vacation with his family.
There will be a range run with him. Expect pics.
--But for now, it's time to clean.

I was very surprised to discover that in some jurisdictions, body armor is banned.

This seems just crazy to me but when I consider that it is the same people that want gun control, want armor control.

Because not only do they not want you to be able to return fire, they want their bullets to kill you.

I have some armor, but no concealable body armor. I see on the web a huge range in prices and claims and no clear way to cut through the BS. There seems to be ratings on what it will stop but is there a consumer reports objective assessment of armor? (or is it armour?)

While on a business trip this week my computer went to the great blue screen in the sky.
I have a fresh backup so I lost no files or data. It's just a huge pain in the ass to tune up a new PC the way I like it.
I love this laptop too. It's all solid state and boots up super fast. It also has illuminated keys for use in the dark.
Blogging from my iPad is possible but I prefer the PC for blogging.
--More gun content soon!

As part of this renovation I will be getting a new gun safe. The thing is I really want a single large safe. It may not be realistic because of size and access. I am considerating putting the safe I want in there before the new walls go up. But that will mean when I sell the house it will have to convey.